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as in impression
a perceptible trace left by pressure one telltale sign that I had been napping was the print left by the chenille bedspread on my cheek

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as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera we now get our prints developed online

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verb

as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form the newspaper's motto remains "All the News That's Fit to Print"

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Recent Examples of print
Noun
His first-ever opponent, CM Punk, took the stage to challenge him in a virtual wrestling match, where a character resembling Carell in a tiger-print brief and fur coat faced off against CM Punk’s character. Charlie Vargas, Daily News, 8 May 2026 Special editions include new prints for summer. Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 May 2026
Verb
His store became a gathering place for local avant-garde writers, including the Beats, and the publishing arm of City Lights was the first to print Beat classics such as Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems (1956). René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026 In January, the clothing label Guess launched a rebrand campaign composed of lowercase copy in acid-yellow type over grainy selfie-style photos; the Guess logo is printed over patchy white highlights, as if someone had hastily scratched out the surface beneath the word in Photoshop. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for print
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Noun
  • That was my impression after the Villars Ocean Forum, a gathering of over 150 leaders from academic, activist, and business backgrounds.
    Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 3 May 2026
  • In interviews, representatives of some companies told me about their algorithms’ abilities to reveal patterns that impressions alone cannot.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026
Noun
  • Ryan Moreno said at a Thursday morning news conference that details on the suspect are currently limited as the department has yet to obtain a video or photo of the driver.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
  • Issa added, producing a photo of Nadya dozing off on a flight.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • An earlier study, published in the American Economic Journal, found that field-office closures led to a sixteen-per-cent decline in disability recipients in the surrounding areas.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
  • Along with the launch of its chatbot for clinicians last month, OpenAI also published a wish list that the company described as a blueprint for unlocking AI’s potential to change the broader health care system.
    Brittany Trang, STAT, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • By the turn of the millennium, shelves were sagging beneath Bridget and Carrie’s daughters, with entire imprints devoted to churning out more.
    Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 4 May 2026
  • Odessa by Gabrielle Sher is available from Little, Brown and Company, an imprint of Hachette Book Group.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Nancy Guthrie poses with daughter Savannah Guthrie in an undated photograph.
    Jericka Duncan, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • But once a park opens, once the ribbon is cut, the hands shaken, and the photographs taken, the money to keep those parks going, to provide the public services and the physical safety that are vital to a really useful park, is harder to come by.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Overwater bungalows suspended over turquoise waters are enviable, but even the entry-level rooms and suites impress with private balconies and patios.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Upstairs, the layout and square footage impress and make room for everything from family to guests and hobbies.
    Miriam Schwartz, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Along with his back-to-back Academy Awards for the 1980 Star Wars sequel and 1981’s Indiana Jones pic and 1994 Keanu Reeves-Sandra Bullock actioner, Maslow scored noms for Dune (1984), Waterworld (1995), Twister (1996) and U-571 (2000).
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The pic screened during the opening weekend of FICG, capped by a posthumous tribute to the director who passed last November 2025.
    Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The new Barbie stamps are expected to be released on July 11 at the 2026 National Barbie Doll Collectors Convention in Austin, Texas, according to the USPS.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 May 2026
  • Other clues may include signatures, stamps, original tags, and hallmarks, the official marks used on gold and silver to verify purity.
    Nicole Anderson, Architectural Digest, 1 May 2026

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